Cooking apparatus



June 1 1926. 1,586,738

w. GUY-FE11M COOKING APPARATUS Filed August 8. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor y Mii/@wm June 1 1926. 1,586,738

' W. GUY-PELL COOKING APPARATUS Filed August 8. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented .lune 1, 1926.

Unirse sr WILLIAM GUY-PELL, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

COOKING APPARATUS.

Application led August 8, 1925, Serial No. 48,942, and in Great Britain December 9, 1924.

'1` he value of radiant heat tor cooking pui poses has been long known and it was at one time customary to roast in trent of a glowing lire, `recpu-mtly with the aid of a jaclr tor rotating the joint or the like. The introduction of the close kitchen range in the first place and subsequently ot ranges heated by gas etc., resu ted in this method beingpractically abolished, toed being now generally roasted in an oven where the heat is transmitted by radiation but by conduction and convection.

It is true so-called grillers have been proposed making use ot vertically arranged and f laterally displaced heating elements sonictimes mounted on walls ot achan'iber and capable with the latter ot being separated to different extents so as to produce space of varying size in which the -tood is suspended or supported so that it is heated simultaneously from opposite sides, Such apparatus, however, as heretofore proposed, has not been in all respects satisfactory.

The object of the present invention, is to provide improved electric cooking apparatus of this type, an important feature being the provision of means whereby, without using screws, the heating elements can be simultaneously adjusted as to position.

An electric cooking apparatus embodying this and other features which separately :torni part of a companion application Se 1ial No. 48,941 of even date herewith, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 being a front elevation of the complete oven. Fig. 2 is a similar view to a larger scale of said oven but with parts removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line SH3, Fig. 2 looking in the direction ot the arrows. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the interior heating arrangement of the oven.

According to the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 to l there is provided a lower compartment 1, for roasting or grilling and up per compartments 2, 3 the compartment 2 being say for roasting and baking and the compartment 3 for baking, warming andthe like. The top of the compartment 3, may serve as a hot plate and be provided with a bodily removable cover 3a. The compartments 1 and 2 may have a common door 1a whilst the compartment 3 has its oven door 3. The lower compartment 1 contains two lvertical adjustable heating elements 1l, 5 between which the food is placed tor roasting or grilling. As will be more clearly discernible from Fig. Il these elements ai" adapted to slide along stationary guide rods 6, the element i having a sleeve d'engaging the upper rod and the element 5 being provided with a similar sleeve 8 coacting with the lower rod. Simultaneous n'iovement towards or away from one another is imparted to the elements by means ot links 9 connected to a swing 10 adapted to be rocked about spindle 11 by a lever 12 at the back ot the store. 13 represents lectric leads tor the elements 5 each element being separately controllable by a companion switch la or 14a. ylhe food may oe either stationary, or .it may be rotatable; in the latter case it may be hung `from a swivel eye 16, rotated by gearing 1i' from a clockwork motor lfoutside the oven, or otherwise including hand driving. rlhis arrangement leaves the snace in the baking compertinent 2, which is above, quite free, the clockwork being unexposed to the excessive heat o1" the roasting chamber 1. A small vessel 18 containing tat -for basting the joint, may be arranged above the joint, drip therefrom being shown as regulated by a wick 19 to automatically baste the joint at the desired intervals. v

The various compartments may be permanently atJ cached.

In the roasting compartn'ient 1, the elements fl, 5 comprise sheet metal partitions upon which. the heating elements proper arc fixed, the said partitions being arranged to lit the compartment, so that the heat is confined tothe space existing between the two partitions. Then the partitions are rmoved the capacity of the space is adjusteffl, so that when cooking food ot small bulk such as chops, toast etc., less heat is required than would be the case if the whole compartment had to be heated.

The partitions may be lagged, polished or enamelled on one or both sides and they may be provided with a reflector or tace of reiractory or .noirconducting material on the side adjacent to the hea-ting element. rEhe upper compartments may be heated by the hot air or fumes rising from the roasting compartment and passing into them. i

The various compartments may be arranged to have the sides easily removable forcleaning and inspection, and the sides, doors etc. may be constructed in the usual way with enamelled metal. They may also be lagged.

The heating elements may conveniently be Cil oi one or more of the ornxs deeribed in the S[ eeilieutien of in v zipplieai'ien 'fer British Lel'iers Patent Ne. 295587 ol' Qdi Deeeinlier 1924-.

lllhzit l elzriin isz-- l. In apparatus o'll the kind described, u pair or' heating' elenenie7 e. pair 0l' stationary lguides arrungfed herizonlnlly one nloeve the oher in n eonnnnn vertical plane adjacent to one edge ol? each healing element and inea ro produce pid movement of both healing' elenieui's,l Siinulrnnemiely applied lo one henling element neer die lower guide and to l'he o'her herding element near he upper lguide, Snliie'entiulljv :1S described.

'1d deseril'ied e. pair of inenting' elerie'nls stationery luiden `loneT which the Suid eleineni: nre adapted to slide e. linl; pivoi'ed to eneh element e swine" lm; lo n'hieh the links nre eenneeted, n. Spindle io which the Swing; har is secured e iis eenre und ineens for refering the spindle, snhetentiellv :is leseribed.

S. ln epilmrfilus of the kind deeieriherl` n pair of herding;` elements, s'rel'sionary mires along* which the said elements are adapted te Slide, e. linli pivote-:l l'o euch eleinenl, u

Swing har to which the links are Connected, :1y Spindle to which the swine,v bnr is secured at its centre :1nd fr lever upon the Spindle whereby it can be rotated, Suhefnntinlly as described.

il. An eleelrie cooker comprising' n (thinnber, n parir of heating elemente7 :i pair of Stntionnry guides arranged horizontally one above the other in e eonnnon vertical plane :injneenlz to one edge oi' eneh heating element und to the rear oi? the ehznnber, means to produce rapid movement of hoih healing elements sin'iulteneonsly applied to one hentine element near the lower guide und to die olher heating element' near die upper guide Said ineens comprising a link pivoted lio each element and n Swing ber to which [he links are connected, u spindle extending through the reni' o'f l'lie elnunber aforesaid, lo which the Swing lier is Connected, :1nd :1 lever at the Oul'er extremity oilz the Spindle of :i length eul'iieient To enable it to project bevond `the eide of the cooker vfor manipulation.

Signed :it Londen England this 24th de): of July 1925.

llVILLL-Xlil GUY-PELL. 

